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    Acanthocephala /əˌkænθoʊˈsɛfələ/ (Greek ἄκανθος, akanthos 'thorn' + κεφαλή, kephale 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed...
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    Acanthocephala terminalis is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in North America. Acanthocephala terminalis is usually around...
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    Acanthocephala declivis, the giant leaf-footed bug, is a species of North American true bug with a range from the southern United States to El Salvador...
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  • Look up Acanthocephala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Acanthocephala may refer to: Acanthocephala is a phylum of parasitic platyzoan "worms".* Acanthocephala...
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    Acanthocephala thomasi, the giant agave bug, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America....
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    butterflies, and mosquitoes), worms (including Acanthocephala, proboscis worms) and gastropod molluscs. The Acanthocephala, the thorny-headed worms or spiny-headed...
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    Acanthocephala, also known as spine-headed bugs, is a New World genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek...
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  • Acanthocephala alata is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is native to Mexico and can be found from Texas to Colombia. "Report: Acanthocephala...
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    Profilicollis (category Acanthocephala genera)
    (1999). "Reintroduction of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931, as a genus in Acanthocephala: Significance of the intermediate host". Journal of Parasitology. 85...
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    The Florida leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala femorata) is a species of insect. The genus name Acanthocephala means "spiny head" and comes from the pointed...
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  • Life cycle of Acanthocephala....
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    Acanthocephala latipes is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central and South America. "Acanthocephala latipes". iNaturalist...
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  • Heptamegacanthus (category Acanthocephala genera)
    Heptamegacanthus is unknown but the life cycle of thorny-headed worms, or acanthocephala, in general unfolds in three distinct stages. It begins when an egg...
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    Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Gnathifera Syndermata Rotifera Seisonida Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora None of the Platyzoa groups...
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  • Filisoma is a genus in Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms). The genus was described by Van Cleave in 1928. The National...
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    Helminthiasis, also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic...
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    rotifers than chaetognaths. Rotifera comprises four subclades: Seisonida, Acanthocephala, Bdelloidea, and Monogononta. Acanthocephalans were traditionally excluded...
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    cephalopods In Platyhelminthes: hydatid cyst In Bryozoa: avicularium In Acanthocephala: cystacanth In Insecta: Nymphs and naiads, immature forms in hemimetabolous...
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  • Euzetacanthus is a genus in Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms, also known as spiny-headed worms). The genus was described by Golvan and Houin in 1964...
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    (horsehair worms) Loricifera Priapulida Kinorhyncha Rotifera, including Acanthocephala (spiny-headed worms) Acoelomates lack a fluid-filled body cavity between...
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  • The following is a list of the classes in each phylum of the kingdom Animalia. There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different...
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    considered synonymous with Rotifera. Older systems separate Rotifera and Acanthocephala as different phyla, and group them both under Syndermata. This clade...
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    Moniliformis (category Acanthocephala genera)
    Moniliformis is a genus of parasitic worms in the Acanthocephala phylum. Genetic analysis has been conducted on four species: Moniliformis moniliformis...
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  • Mediorhynchus (Acanthocephala, Gigantorhynchidae) en Turdus chiguanco (Turdidae) de Junín, Perú" [New species of Mediorhynchus (Acanthocephala, Gigantorhynchidae)...
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  • order Apororhynchida. A lack of features commonly found in the phylum Acanthocephala (primarily musculature) suggests an evolutionary branching from the...
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    Macracanthorhynchus (category Acanthocephala genera)
    and Molecular Characterization of Pachysentis canicola Meyer, 1931 (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from the Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger...
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    Nematodes and Nematomorpha, attributed by von Siebold (1843). Along with Acanthocephala, Trematoda, and Cestoidea, it formed the obsolete group Entozoa, created...
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    Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 (Acanthocephala)" [Revision to the genus Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 (Acanthocephala)]. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo...
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    or more Yes Yes Nematodes 10,500 Yes Yes Yes 1 or more Yes Yes Yes Acanthocephala 1,200 Yes Yes 2 or more Yes Yes Yes Annelids Leeches 400 Yes Yes 1 Yes...
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    because it omits a fourth clade of closely related organisms: the Acanthocephala, or thorny-headed worms. Originally classified as a separate phylum...
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